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U.S. group plans ‘Free Palestine’ aid flight to Gaza
Organizers spent year raising funds to charter plane that can land where there is no airport; flight scheduled for spring.
Israel launches raids on Gaza
Cross-border rocket fire draws airborne response from Israeli military, which injures at least three Palestinians.
Israel to UN: Lebanon Gaza-bound ship is unnecessary provocation
Israel submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations on Friday over the Gaza-bound Lebanese ship which is scheduled to set sail this week.
The ship, which is set to sail from Lebanon on Sunday, will carry aid and women activists hoping to reach Gaza and breach the Israeli blockade, despite warnings that they will not be allowed to make it past Cyprus.
 | Lebanese Samar al-Hajj, one of the organizers of Mariam ship that plans to sail to Gaza Strip, speaks during a press conference in Lebanon, on Thursday Aug. 19, 2010. |
| Photo by: AP |
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Turkish embassy hands over Palestinian hostage taker after 6-hour standoff
Security guards captured a Palestinian who entered the Turkish embassy in Israel on Tuesday trying to take hostages and demanding asylum, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
 | Police officers outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv yesterday. |
UN launches Gaza flotilla probe
First session held to determine procedures into deadly Israeli raid of aid ship.
Israel ship raid legal, says PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defends a commando raid on ships bringing aid to Gaza, while giving evidence before a government-appointed commission.
Israel releases Turkish aid ship
Israel releases an impounded Turkish aid ship on which nine activists were killed as they tried to break the Gaza blockade two months ago.
Israel air raid on southern Gaza
At least one Palestinian dead and another wounded near Khan Younis.
UN Security Council hails launch of inquiry into Israeli raid on Gaza-bound flotilla">UN Security Council hails launch of inquiry into Israeli raid on Gaza-bound flotilla
UN Security Council on Tuesday extended a welcome to the launch of a panel to probe the Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla in May.
Israel will co-operate with a United Nations into flotilla inquiry
| Israel ‘to assist’ flotilla inquiry | |||
Israel has said that it will co-operate with a United Nations inquiry into Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. The UN announced on Monday that the inquiry panel be chaired by Geoffrey Palmer, a former prime minister of New Zealand, and Alvaro Uribe, the outgoing president of Colombia. It will also include one Israeli and one Turk. Nine Turkish activists were killed when Israeli troops raided the flotilla in May. The Israeli government, which often accuses the UN of bias in its treatment of Israel, said it had no problems with the panel “Ultimately we are sure that the facts are on our side,” Mark Regev, the Israeli government spokesman, said. “We have no problem whatsoever with a credible, objective panel.” |
Israel endorses UN flotilla probe
Israel announces it will co-operate with a UN panel of investigation into its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May which killed nine Turkish activists.
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-01
- Noam Shalit, father of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit appeals to Palestinian public for Shalit deal http://bit.ly/93IfJT #
- Shalit said, "his son is not a piece of real estate whose price is determined according to supply and demand." http://bit.ly/93IfJT #
- Hanan Ashwari says Obama administration threatened to cut PA ties if direct negotiations with Netanayhu don’t resume,http://bit.ly/aEm3sc #
- Hamas vows revenge after Israel kills commander in Gaza strike http://bit.ly/96BH3J #
- John Prescott, UK's deputy prime minister said on Friday
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